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Linkstorm XXV
Planetocracy, a recent discovery, on nuclear fusion and solar system economies: “(…) Going back to my original argument – the large scale behaviour of an extraterrestrial civilisation, as seen from … Continue reading Linkstorm XXV
Linkstorm XXIV
Isegoria provides sources on the curious absence of Nepalese famous runners: “(…) Kenya’s long-distance runners live at altitude, David Epstein notes (in The Sports Gene), but some people ask, “If … Continue reading Linkstorm XXIV
Linkstorm XXIII
Great stuff from Covidian Aesthetics, as always: “(…) Thus is why memes, in the Spinozian sense, are the virus of the attribute of thought; in the same way that real … Continue reading Linkstorm XXIII
Linkstorm XXII
Here you can find two (1,2) cool book reviews by EvolutionistX, about the fascinating topic of German-Ottoman collaboration during the Great War: ” (…) With the war finished on the … Continue reading Linkstorm XXII
Linkstorm XXI
A remarkable blog post on the meaning of life: “(…) The stories of our heroes select for meaning – for the kinds of stories that scratch a certain human itch. … Continue reading Linkstorm XXI
Linkstorm XX
Following the money that funds our Brave New World: “(…) What the bankers and giant investment funds like BlackRock have done is to create a new investment infrastructure that picks … Continue reading Linkstorm XX
Linkstorm XIX
Our source for astrological wisdom, type studies, offers a much-awaited new dispatch: “(…) Two centuries on, the God-shaped hole that the Enlightenment shot through the heart of the West remains … Continue reading Linkstorm XIX
Diesel, gas, and paradox
News surfaced a couple weeks ago that the German government offered to pay the Trump administration up to a billion euros in exchange for lifting sanctions on Nord Stream 2. … Continue reading Diesel, gas, and paradox
Linkstorm XVIII
Fascinating advances in wearable robotics: “(…) The model devised by the researchers is inspired by the mechanisms underpinning the movements of grasshoppers. A simple anatomical experiment, however, revealed that it … Continue reading Linkstorm XVIII
Caviar, marketing, and competition on the Russian Far East
A couple decades ago, European restaurants paid thousands of Euros for a kilogram of caviar. Currently, they manage to get it for a fraction of the price, thanks to the … Continue reading Caviar, marketing, and competition on the Russian Far East
Linkstorm XVII
The great Justin Murphy shares some interesting predictions: “(…)Lind suggests that any new cross-class alliance will have to create “powerful mass-membership, working-class organizations…” I do not think this needs to … Continue reading Linkstorm XVII
Linkstorm XVI
Doxometrist is a very exciting recent discovery: “(…) If you find any of the questions new and thought – provoking, you’ve just been vaccinated. Vaccinated against being told about the … Continue reading Linkstorm XVI
Neo Proletarian Technolords and Dei ex machina
In these times, it has become something of a cliché to criticize the notion of “Rule by Experts”. That is, the expectation that decisions should be taken by the technically … Continue reading Neo Proletarian Technolords and Dei ex machina
